GL vs MET
Globe Life Inc. (GL) and Metlife Inc (MET) are both filed with the SEC under Life Insurance. MET is 4.5× GL's size by market cap ($61.2B against $13.5B); MET trades at the higher fiscal-year P/E (20.4× against 12.5×); GL reports the higher net margin (19.4% against 4.4%); GL grew sales faster over three years (+4.7% against +3.9%); and over the past year GL returned +24.0% against MET's +22.9%.
| GL | MET | |
|---|---|---|
| Last close | $172.79 | $96.51 |
| Market cap | $13.5B | $61.2B |
| P/E (FY) | 12.5× | 20.4× |
| P/S | 2.3× | 0.8× |
| Gross margin | 21.0% | — |
| Operating margin | 21.1% | 8.0% |
| Net margin | 19.4% | 4.4% |
| Return on equity | 20.6% | 12.1% |
| Sales growth (3y) | +4.7% | +3.9% |
| EPS growth (3y) | +15.9% | -9.2% |
| Dividend yield | 0.6% | 2.5% |
| 1-year return | +24.0% | +22.9% |
Screener snapshot — prices as of 2026-08-28. Each side's last close is the most recent session the snapshot holds for that company, which can be an earlier one, and its 1-year return is measured to that close. Market caps struck on 2026-08-27. Last close, market cap and the 1-year return are price figures; every other row is computed over the company's latest filed fiscal year — FY2025 (ended 2025-12-31) for both. — not published for this company. A ratio goes unpublished for more than one reason: a component the calculation needs is not on file, the filing does not tag the line it is read from, or the calculation is not defined on the filed basis — EV/EBITDA is not printed on non-positive EBITDA, and return on equity is not computed on a zero or negative equity base.
Who holds them, and who has traded them
| GL | MET | |
|---|---|---|
| Institutional holders (13F) | 656 | 1,367 |
| Insider buyers − sellers (180d) | -5 | -1 |
| Congressional trades disclosed (180d) | 1 | 1 |
| Executive-branch officials on file — trades disclosed (180d) | 2 | 9 |
Counts only. The congressional figures count transactions dated in the trailing 180 days and disclosed in STOCK Act periodic transaction reports; amounts are filed as ranges and are never summed. The executive-branch figures count the same window of transactions, and they are scoped to one roster. The officials OGE posts for direct download. Insider buyers − sellers counts distinct people filing open-market Form 4 purchases minus distinct people filing open-market sales over the trailing 180 days, capped at ±5.
GL vs MET: common questions
- Is GL bigger than MET?
- MET carries the larger market cap — $61.2B against $13.5B, both struck on 2026-08-27.
- Which trades at a higher P/E, GL or MET?
- MET, at a fiscal-year 20.4× against 12.5× for GL. Both are price ÷ latest full-year diluted earnings per share, not a trailing-twelve-month P/E.
- How have GL and MET performed over the past year?
- GL returned +24.0% and MET +22.9%, measured on the trailing calendar year to the last close.
- How many institutions hold GL and MET?
- 656 13F filers report a position in GL and 1,367 in MET, on the latest quarter in the panel.
- Are GL and MET in the same industry?
- Both are filed with the SEC under Life Insurance, which is the classification this pairing is built on.
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